WILMINGTON, Delaware, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Improved Usability, New Style Checking Features, and Updates to the Grammar Checker Give Users a Complete Writing Solution

WhiteSmoke announces the immediate availability of WhiteSmoke 2009, the latest version of its desktop English writing application. WhiteSmoke 2009 is the premier writing tool for people who need quality written text, offering advanced grammar checking, style checking, and spell checking.

It sounds like an episode of MacGyver. What can you make from a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer?

Cornell researchers didn't fly out off a cliff or blow up a door, they created the world's thinnest balloon - a membrane that is just one atom thick but strong enough to contain gases under several atmospheres of pressure without popping.

Unlike your average party balloon or even a thick, sturdy glass container, this membrane is ultra-strong, leak-proof and impermeable to even nimble helium atoms.

BRUSSELS, Belgium and PRINCETON, New Jersey, September 22 /PRNewswire/ -- GS1 is the global supply chain standards organisation well-known for its barcodes that feature on millions of products sold in retail. It has membership from over one million companies worldwide, particularly manufacturers and retailers of consumer packaged goods.

In a horror movie of the future, the villain could very well be someone who hijacks your GPS system and sends you to that lonely cabin in the woods.

Global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without, so if such a ubiquitous system were to come under attack, what could be done?

It's an uncomfortable question, but one that a group of Cornell researchers have considered with their research into "spoofing" GPS receivers.

A team of researchers has identified the active compounds that contribute to the health benefits of pre-germinated brown rice; the healthy components are a related set of sterol-like molecules known as acylated steryl-beta-glucosides (ASGs).

Pre-germinated rice (PR) is an emerging health food whereby brown rice is soaked in warm water prior to cooking; the warm bath induces germination, or sprouting, which stimulates rice enzymes to produce more nutrients. One such nutrient is the important brain chemical GABA (PR is thus often referred to as "GABA rice"), and animal studies have shown that a PR-rich diet can improve cognitive function. Other studies have found that PR can also act as an anti-diabetic.

LONDON, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Immediate Action Needed to Prepare for 100 Million Cases of Devastating Brain Disease Worldwide Expected by 2050(2)

LONDON, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Asus Signs M-Commerce Deal With 2Shop4(TM)

2Shop4(TM), a text to shop mobile service, has brokered a pioneering deal with global technology giant Asus, which will change the way we shop. 2Shop4 offers a new and unique way of buying goods via a simple and secure text message whilst on the move.

The exciting new m-commerce development will launch in November 2008 and the signed deal with Asus, a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions will allow their products to be sold directly through advertisements or direct marketing as one of their first partners.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovative ergonomics, class-leading industrial design and feature-rich packaging combine in an entry-level handheld device to deliver maximum mobile productivity

OTTAWA, Canada, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bridgewater Solution to Support Mobile WiMAX Services in 2 Russian Cities

Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC) today announced that it is providing Scartel LLC, with a WiMAX service control solution to support advanced IP services being offered over a Mobile WiMAX network in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Scartel will deliver mobile Internet access with speeds of up to 10 MB per second under the brand name Yota. By the end of 2008, Scartel plans to ensure full coverage of these cities and some adjacent areas in the region, with a total population of more than 20 million.

PARIS, September 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Five Companies Launch a Ready to Deploy End to End System Offer Based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile Standard (SCP) Handsets Encompassing all Major Systems Required to Deploy a Mobile TV Services